Hopscotch announces spring road shows in NC, VA

The Hopscotch Music Festival will announce the lineup for the big 2013 shindig on April 24 and they'll follow the announcement with six shows across North Carolina and Virginia.

The first shows will be right here in the Triangle on Thursday, April 25. There will be an early and a late show at the Nightlight in Chapel Hill. The early show will feature The Snails and The Art Department and the late show will feature Last Year's Men and The Dynamite Brothers. Tickets will be $5 at the door for each show (that goes for all of the Hopscotch road shows).

Check out the details for the rest of the road show below which includes shows in Winston-Salem, Wilmington, Asheville, Charlotte and Richmond.

Smashing Pumpkins announce club tour, headed to Virginia, Charlotte

Billy Corgan's latest incarnation of the Smashing Pumpkins, now sans Jimmy Chamberlain leaving Corgan as the only original member, has announced a new summer club tour. Unfortunately, since the Triangle doesn't have a 1,000 capacity or greater club, the tour won't stop here, but will visit our neighbors in Virginia twice as well as Charlotte.

The Smashing Pumpkins will play The National in Richmond, VA on Tuesday, July 13, The Norva in Norfolk, VA on Thursday, July 15 and the Fillmore in Charlotte on Friday, July 16.

Tickets for the Norfolk show go on sale Saturday, June 12 at 10 a.m. for $45 here. We'll keep you updated on the other dates once details are available. The Richmond show goes on sale at the same time here, also for $45. The Charlotte show goes on sale Friday, June 18 at 10 a.m. here.